School Football.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 30 July 1918, Page 2

School Football.

FOXTON (14) v. LEVIN (0)

(Contributed). The visit of the Levin District High School football team, to Foxton caftne off on Saturday last, and favoured by beautiful wea ther'was greatly enjoyed by all. The ride in Mr Mortensen's motor lorry was reminiscent of a school picnic party and the time en route was enlivened by songs, choruses and cheers for everybody met on the way. The road was found to be nearly clear of water, but a dis tanee of aboiit two miles had to be navigated carefully lest the sur face, nearly 4<wash, should give way under the heavy motor. On arrival at Foxton the party was met by Mr L. J. Furrie, the headmaster of the Foxton School, and invited to lunch at Perreau's. This, as it proved, was a combma. tion of hospitality and strategy. At 1 p.m. the game of football commenced, between a team from Foxton school and one from the primary department of the Levin School. » The dinner and responsibility of the position proved too much for the Levin boys who searched in .vain for the Foxton goal posts, seldom finding even the enemy s twentyfives! / , The teams were about evenly matched in weight, "though Levin suffered from the loss of three or their best forwards who were* ill in bed on the critical day. The Foxton boys undoubtedly played a. far better game, showing much more knowledge of-the fine points. The passing of their backs was beautiful to, watch, though as they invariably finished on the opposite side of "the : ground exactly to where they started, it availed them nothing. Their however, ran all over the Levin pack, and never once failed to get the ball from the scrum and start the spectacular, but futile play of their backs. As a- matter of fact three, of Foxton's four tries were scored from line outs on or within a yard of the goal line, when the Foxton forwards got the ball and simply fell over the,line. The fourth was obtained from a loose rush during which the ball ay as kicked over the line ana & Foxton boy ran in and easily tou died down, the Levin backs being at sea. Levin never looked like scoring, and the ' game ended Foxton, 14; Levin 0. A - ret urn match will probably take place on August, 24 at Levm. In the meantime Levin will need to train hard if the tables are to be turned on Foxton. „ It is possible that Foxton will bring a teajm of girls to play the Levin girls at hockey and basket ball but the difficulty and expense of transporting so many children may prove insuperable. The J? ox ton girls were greatly disappointed at the failure of the Levm party to include a team of girls, but the visit has clearly demonstrated the difficulty of the matter. _ Taken as a whole the trip was a splendid outing, enjoyed -by everybody, and the verdict of Levin is "Another one soon, even if they beat us twice as badly." -